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J 3) 3) NE ROtf FAPEB TBS WEATHEB f Probably tenoweri JlliilG VOL. XVIH-No. 18 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. G, MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1916 FOUR PAGES TODAY f fcKS SAmg mm m gahan A -TODAY REFUSING IIGO MAY START WAR DAILY .. i i A t Till ir ; i, Mil Uf OF ME The Entire National Mobilized to Be Boraer as nmston i . . . - t- e ... , : -J :.. I C v-f - ; I Sent ia-? Guar to the Yucatan Authorities Understand Nations Are at War Carranza Asks That Warship Officers Be Instructed Nplio Make Landings Because of Fear of Precipitating Fighting flash at Mazadan Between Marines and Mexicans f Militiamen to Be Quartered Iii Army Posts or In RespectiFe States-No Officer to Be Reliered- Reinforcentents for Carranzistas (By the United Press) Laredo,iTexas, June 19. Manuel Garza Vigil, form er editor of an American newspaper here, has arrived at Luevo Laredo with 16 three-inch field pieces and two hundred artillerymen to reinforce the Carranzistas. Americans Refugeeihg. Galveston, June 19. The steamer Nils arrived today from Progr .ro, Mexico, with nine refugees. They said the Mexican government had ordered all Americans to leave Yucatan because the countries are in a state of war. They said an American gunboat was at Progresso re moving refugees. Militia Officers Will Stay Put. Chicago, June 19. No militia officer will be relieved from duty during the life of his present commission, ex cept by order of the President. It is said a War Depart n nt order to that effect has been transmitted to General Barrick, commanding- the central division. Marines Fight On West Coast. Washington, June 19. The Mexican embassy's dis embarkation request was due to a clash between Ameri can marines and Mexicans at Mazatlan, the embassy said. Funston Will Let Militiamen Know When He Needs 'Em. Sah Antonio, June 19 Geji. Funston stated today that the militia would be mobilized in their -respective States and sent to the border when he calls. He added that probably be some time before any reach the border. " Mexico Restless. N Washington, June 19. Secretary Lansing today ad mitted that there is "more excitement and irritation in Mexico than heretofore." This is significant-in view of Lansing's persistent refusal to make any comment ex cept to say "we are co-operating.". The biggest develop ment of the day was Baker's request effecting the army bill section permitting the use of militia on foreign soil. A 10,000-word note refusing Carranza's withdrawal re quest is koing forth before night. It may precipitate the clash. Consul Silliman is on his way to the border. The officials are gratified over railroad reports that they are m readiness and able to move the troops fast. Prepare to Defend El Paso. El Paso, June 19.-The border scents of war. Prepa rations are being made to defend ElPaso. Every avail able truck is serving on a 280-mile line south of Colum bus, rushing ammunitions and supplies , to Pershing's 15,000 men. Fifty thousand Carranzistas are around the Americans, but the Mexicans are poorJyequipped and trained. v ' ,i , Virginia Mobilizing. - Richmond'June 19.--The military authorities are pre paring to mobilize the First and Second Virginia volun - teer regiments at the State Fair grounds here;- To Quarter MiKtia'at Army Posts. "'T, ' ?. WashingtoVipiune laWhat troops , will be in the first to move is nndecided. a Funston and General Mills, cummantjmg.tne muitia, will oe leitm cnarge.vji'imston Will ask "Mills t.t f&nd ftnmp -fohn ito-ant. r.n kpp sprvipp . The troopd will be garrisoned throughout the country, and me empty posts are ready to receive' them: Vifginia'was among tne hrst to respond to. the call, FAIR AND JUST, SAY THE RAILROAD WORKERS An Eight-Hour Work Day for Train Service Men Will Make Better Cit izens, Declare Useless UnlesH Penalty . Attached for Overtime, Men Assort The following is from tho Ti-ans-portation Brotherhoods' iPwblicity Bureau, Cleveland, O.: (Printed by Request) "A statement has been frequently made by the railroads that the pres ent demands of the railway train service employes are not really for an eight-hour day, but are intended to secure increased wages. "This is not true, as the employes composing the four brotherhoods want shorter hours. They want the working day to be as near eight hours as it can be made. . "To any reasonable person it will be apparent that it will be useless to secure an eight-hour day unless there is some penalty attached for overtime. In all the trades where the eight-hour day obtains, there is an extra charge for overtime; other wise, there would be no eight-hour dy, the work would go on at the Pp. ORDER TO OF LOCAL til Coast Artillery and Naval Reserves Not Included In Order Which Sends Great Army of Men to the Mex ican Border UNION SERVICE IN REXH'G THEM THRO' BIG TENT SUNDAYJTHEIR STOMACHS IS NIGHT DREW WELLiSALVAT'ONISTS' WAY Dr. Downey's Lecture One of the Best Yet Heard by Chautauqua Patrons Dr. Cadman Is Today's Chief Attraction The following was tho general or der received by the local military today: "General Orders No. 91 In accord ance with the proclamation of the ' Dr. S. Parkcs Cadman, noted T.'rooklyn pulpiteer, will furnish tho principal Chautauqua attraction to night in the lecture eneitled "Mak ers of America." Dr. Cadman was "We Want to Take Them From the Debit Side of Life," Says Vendeville - Clad to Act Part of the Cood Samaritan organ GET SHORT TIME IN WHICH TO PREPARE" Ordered to Complete As sembling In Few Hours' Time This Morning United States, dated the 18th day of ( hire last year and his lecture was prop In Bucket f or Railroads. v f Chicag-d,- Jtme 19.The Western railroads' can move a hundred thousand troops to the border without inter fering with traffic railway officials today; stated. -.- y Advise Against Lantiing Parties ' - i .Washington, June 19.-rTh'e Mexican, government has asked America to instruct naval commanders not to dis embark at Mexican ports at this time for fear of troubla ! " : - ' ' Continued a tig Tlira) ' same rate per hour just as long as the employer cared to work the men. It has been amply demonstrated that eight hours' hard work is enough for any man and any hours lie works more than eight, simply draw on his reserve energy and vitality, short ening his life and his '""available working years. It has also been proven that a man working eight hours is more efficient, does better work, and is in every way a better citizen than a man working longer hours. i "Tho railroad train service em ployes, in asking the railroad com panies for an ight-hour day, also ask for time and one-half for over-; tittie, but this extra rate is merely a 'penalty' upon the' railways, ana is considered an effective method for ureventine overtime. "Overtime" is commonly called 'blood money,' nd saps the very life out of the employes. ,We trust that the public will consider the fact that it is the "overtime", and exposure that is 'wearing out' the employes and prompts x many em ployers to set their employes' age limit at 21 to 35. In other vocations man can work at least 30 years note the difference in railway work. Considered in this way the railway employes could, in exact justice, ask for twice their present rate of pay, but the employes are not seeking the 'enormous increase,' but desire better living conditions. "The physical and mental strain on train service employes, compelled to work long hours, ia beyond com prehension by the average mind. Vir tually all the accident. nd old-line insurance companies classify rail- roadiqg as extra h&aandous, many of them refusing to insure railway employes on account of the great risk of loss, and where . these employes are injured,, there is a definite limit i set on the amount of the risk, and an extr4 charge ia. made . to". the in sured.. . . . . "In reality, the railway employe re ceives a less hourly'rate of .compen sation, than almost any" other trade. k hod-carrier receives $4.50 for eight boors or about 56 cents an hour. The highest paid train con-ducto- receives 55 cents an hour. If the hod-carrier worked ' as many hours as the railway conductor he would draw a larger salary and he could then be named by the railways (Continued from Tsje Tsro) June. 1916, calling forth under the Constitution and the laws of the United States the organized militia of the State of North Carolina, to be employed in the service of the United States, the members of said organized militia prescribed by Cir cular No. 8, division of militia affairs, War Department, 1912, except as hereinafter prescribed, will assemble at their respective home stations at 12 o'clock noon, on the 19th day of June, 1916, under tho provisions of General Orders, No. 33, A. D., 1913. "2. The coast artillery troops and the naval militia are not included in the call. "3 All officers of the Adjutant GeneraPs Department, Quartermas ter's Crps and Medical Corps duly recognized as pertainingsto the State headefuarters under table No. 1, Ta bles 6t Organization. Organized Mili tia, 1914, will hold themselves in readiness to report' for duty when directed to do so by proper orders. "By order of the Commander-in-Chief. "LAURENCE W. YOUNG, "The Adjutant-General." the PUBLIC IN SOUTH AMERICA ST GOV'T AGAIN Buenos Ayres Reports the People Solidl in Favor of Mexican Cause Fear U. S. Is After More Terri- By CHAS.-M STEWART, (United Press Staff Correspondent) flDaenos Aires, June 19. News of the American mobilization stirred this city today. Intense interest de veloped, with a wide difference of opinion. South American people are distrustful of America in the fear that the Northern Ration is plan ning to acquire more. territory. - Public sentiment Is solidly wStih Mexico. WANTED; RECRUITS! That is a placardyat the armo ry entrance. Inducements, good chance, to see,-foreign countr(y) ies, 54 cents a day. at the- start,, all expenses,, military - funeral In certain eventuality - s i . Business is good. Five had signed up at S o'clock. . : '- Most f the .States .are furnish ing picked t roops. so far, North Carolina is sending everything she has a decided compUment except snch troops 'as are-gener-ly exempted. . one of the chief features of splendid program of the week 1915. Dr. Downey delivered another of his series lectures this afternoon. The Bijou Trio is the musical at traction of" the day The afternoon program begins at 3::10 and tlje night start is made at 8 o'clock. Sunday night the big tent was fill ed with an interested audience com posed of the various congregations f tho churches of the city and the. Chautauqua patrons. The pastors of the city assisted in the devotional and praise service. Dr. Downey de :livered a lecture on "Man Versus the A.nimal." His biological discussions were most interesting. He discount ed the idea that the conscience of man was in any way a dictator and proclaimed that man was controlled by motives, not always the highest, but always the strongest, whether it was good or bad. He illustrated how the conscience might be clear and still the course being pursued entirely wrong, or the reverse, when the' conscience might be stricken when the course was C '-e!y right. The conscience and judgment went hand in hand, said he, and when the judgment of man said that a certain thing was right, the conscience up held him in that direction, and to thei contrary when the conditions were reversed. Dr. Downey empha sized the importance of disciplining children only from the viewpoint of their conception of the infraction of the rule and not from the mature viewpoint of the adult. The idea of injustice wa3 easily implanted in the mind of the child when he was pun ished beyond what he thought the offense Justified. Dr,. Downey's closing tribute to Christian character, assigning it the highest place in all creation, was par ticularly jmipressive and fittingly closed his able address. The Strollers Quartet, which was the musical attraction on Saturday's bill, led the music and rendered sev eral selections to the enjoyment of the autlience. . Saturday night the presentation of thef play, "Happiness," by the Col lege Players was the chief feature. The torrential rain Which fell for half hour or more destroyed the good effect of the play, but its moral les son was appreciated The story of the play was-one that might be ap plied to most lives. The title part, j "Happmess," rted in selecting her companions, and -went the way of ."Good- Time," "False Hope," j "Dream s," - "Celebrity," "Career," ( and others of that ilk, so long as "Money" was1 her 4 companion, but; wfcen 4hat essential ' to ' the interest of: the j others .had -taken its , flight, j the .false -friends.' likewise ; deserted, -and fcthen came 'Discouragement," j "Despair," ( "Death." ' v from which ' Strength,'' vhom "Happiness" had j Masters George and Lester mings went to WelJon today. ; thrown, aside, in the old tome for the ! other associates, t rescued her. The ; final .scene was 'the, re-u.iitinjj , of "Happiness" with ,er. devoted, par ents. "Gossip", and "Skinflint" were , j typical characters . and played ' their Cum- parts .well. All of the characters 'were portrayed in pleasing style. Capt. M. Vendcvillo of the Salva tion Army has now established the work of the organization here. He is located at 311 Fast Blount street He today made the following statement: "Everybody knows that the Sal vation Army has a great field of work, and that they reach a class of peopla that no others reach. The methods of the Army can clearly be distinguished from those of any oth er organization. It is this fact that makes the Army so successful in its operations. "Last year alone in this country they were the means of converting over 52,000 men and women to Christ and about 70 per cent, of those con verts went to the churches to be ex amples of the saving power of Je sus Christ. However, it is not al ways the drunkard, the thief or the outcast that the Salvation Army seeks but all who need Christ Some of the most prominent men of the country have been converted through it. "A great many people are under the impression that the Salvation Ar my is only a charitable institution. This is a great mistake, although the Army does a great deal of charity work and loves to do it. This is all done for the purpose ot reaching the soul. It is felt that a great many times sinners cannot be reached any other way. "We want to take them from the debit side of life and put them on the credit side! "The Salvation (Army also believes that if there's any hope for a man or woman it depends on charity; for them to ever become independent it surely must be through genuine sal vation. And it's to this end that the Army works from day to day, not to boast of : how much charity they can do, but for the blessing they can be. "But how glad we are to act the part of the good Samaritan to real ly help those that need help. "They are so well experienced along these lines that very seldom one imposes. Of course, there are exceptions, and once in a while we are deceived. . "We hope that the people of Kin ston will realize the value of the Sal (Continued on Page Two) North Carolina Contingent '' Among Best In Country. May Be Taken to New port News for Embarka tion, It's Reported - BULLETINS (By the United Press) HEAVY FIGHTING AT VERDUN. Paris. June , 19. Violent artil lery attacks on the Verdun front hare been repulsed, it, is said of. ficially. The Germans today shelled the southern . slopes of. Dead Man's Hil' terrifically. POSTMASTER QUITS, RUNS . FOR CONGRESS. , Greenville, S. C., June. 19. Da-, ' vid B. Trexler has resigned the . local postmastership to be a can . didate for Congress in the Fourth .District, ;. , , !,' ; VIRGINIA'S CONTING EXT. , Washington, June 19.--Th militia units ' ordered include . fronVIrginla two "regiments of ' Infantry, one battalion and one battery ,of. field. .artillery, one company of signal corps, and one field 'hospital, . - ' . . .. . . . -ihk. ja.iVU.Ji t Telegraph and telephone wires throughout the land were bristling: with short, terse, formal piililary ,. communications today, ,4 ' ' The remainder of the first lino troops of the United SCatfts Army was being mobilized. Before 1ft. : o'clock Capt. J. I. Brown hed his orders for , the, assembling of Com-; pany B, Second N. C. infantry, by. 12 5 o'clock noon. Orders wore expected . to take the next train after that hour for Morehead City. The Second in fantry i band was assembled under1 Rimilar orders. It was believed that an officer andi squad will be left hera r for recruiting. . . ' Adjutant-General Young passed ; thsough (the city this Momvfng eir route - to Camp , Glenn, at Morehead City, where he is preparing, for the host of olive-drab men who will be gin, pouring into the reservation in a few hours. .' . : North Carolina will turn out 3.000 men first shot outiof the box. . The troops of this State rank with New York's In efficiency and with . New York's and Pennsylvania's inv equipment. ' City Sanitary Inspector Thos. Con way, a sergeant in -the Ihird N. C infantry was ordered early this morning to report instantly .to nis . company at Muisburg, ,uL -V... Ser geant Conway attempted no get a stay for time to arrange his private affairs here. One or two other members of or ganizations In other places were eith er under tentative orders or await ing instructions to take the first . train ' Kinston will furnish a hundred men to start with. Businesslike Getllng-together. The guardsmen have long kn6wn what they would do in such an even- . tuality. A handful of men trotted out . of the armory as soon as Captain Brown, expecting the orders, receiv ed them. A courier on a motorcycle sped to the rural sections summon- . ing members of the Second regiment living in other parts of Lenoir county. There were no ands and ifs. The men knew what was coining and that no authority in Kinston could exempt them. THey simply walked ' to the ' armory and ' leisurely got Into uni form. There was no . excitement there. '-. t .-; - - Leslie Johnson, deaf a'nd'dutnb, . ' "enlisted." ' He was the Victim of h practical joke. : Of course, ' he' coul3 . -not serve. He signed the business end of a discharge application blank arid took a fake oath.'-' ; He thought for several hours that, he was a real scrldier. ' ; . - . Personnel of the Second." ' v ; -' The personnel of the . Second ih faotry isescellent,- It -comprises al most 1.000 men. . Col. W..C. Rodman of , Washington, a West Pointer, ,is he commanding, officer. The follow ing comprise the headquarters com pany: v CoL Rodman; Lt-Col. Metts of ' Wilmington; Majs. , Faircloth of Cliirtoti, Privott of Edenton and Simpi kins of Goldsboro; , Capt. " N. Hard ing of Washington, whoill be re. tired because of age, chaplain; C;-S, (Continued on Page Four) AMONG FIRST TO FRONT I
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